No, Mr. Kotov! Grandmasters don’t grow (variation) trees in their heads! скачать в хорошем качестве

No, Mr. Kotov! Grandmasters don’t grow (variation) trees in their heads!

When Sune Berg Hansen (before he became GM) grew up there was one book – ‘think like a grandmaster’ by Alexander Kotov – which had almost biblical status. In that book, Kotov outlines how grandmasters supposedly make decisions. There is just one problem: It is not true! No one makes decisions as he describes it in his book. Here is a model game to show how grandmasters actually make decisions. S.B. Hansen (2543) – J. Carstensen (2331) [D27] DEN-ch Silkeborg, 2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0–0 a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nfd2 Nc6 10.Nb3 Be7 11.Nc3 b5 12.Be2 Bb7 13.f3 Nd7 14.a4 b4 15.Ne4 0–0–0 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Kc7 18.Rd2 Nde5 19.Rc2 Nd3 20.Bd2 Kb8 21.e4 Nce5 22.Be3 Nc6 23.Bb6 Rd7 24.Rd1 Nde5 25.Rcd2 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Rc8 27.Nc5 Na5 28.b3 Rc6 29.Rd8+ Bc8 30.Nxa6+ Kb7 31.Bxa5 Rc1+ 32.Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 Kxa6 34.Bxb4 1–0